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manufactures of stone, clay, charcoal, and peat. 835
The Stone Industry.
There exists in Sweden a large number of different kinds of stone
suitable for building and industrial purposes; of this fact many
monumental edifices both of early and recent construction bear witness.
Several of the cathedrals and ruined abbeys on the mainland and many of
the churches in the island of Gotland are speaking mementos of the
skill possessed by medieval builders in treating the native stones of
Sweden. The royal palace of Stockholm, dating from the 18th century,
stands out specially as an architectural masterpiece, not only in style
and execution but also in the way in which a large number of different
building-materials have been harmoniously applied in its construction.
In quite recent times, public and private buildings in the larger towns,
especially in Stockholm, have been built with facings of natural stone.
The stones most employed are: granite and gneiss, limestone and
marble of various formations, sandstone from Cambrian and Silurian
formations, porphyry, schist, etc. Several kinds of granite are found;
their structure and colouring are best seen after the stone has been
polished. In our larger cemeteries the monuments erected present
good samples of gray, green, red, and black granite, together with
various intermediate shades of it. Granitiform rocks, colloquially called
The Quarry of Lugnds, Vestergötland.
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